.. there are some additional FIXME nags in net_tcp (L 1012) about blocking
because libuv is holding unsafe ptrs to task local data. the proposed
fix going is not really feasible w/ the current design, IMO, but i'll
leave it there in case someone really wants to make the case without
creating more hassle than it's worth.
i mistook an "unconstrained type" error, due to type-inference messup
because i didnt have return vals in some closure wired-up right, for being
due to not having a str as a str/& (a str will actually auto-coerce to a
str/&, so str::as_slice was erroneously added. my bad).
* updated rustdoc info for several functions
* changed read_stop to take control of the port returned by read_start
* made write_future do an explicit data copy with the binary vector it is
passed
- change port of tcp server test in uv_ll to avoid conflict w/ test in
net::tcp
- a few places the tcp::read fn is used in test w/ a timeout.. suspend
use of the timeout from here on out.
* there are a few places where I was experimenting w/ using `alt` in places
where `if`/`else` would've sufficed. don't drink the koolaid!
* I had an unneeded `else` structure (the `if` branch that preceeded
concluded with a `fail` statement.. I added the `fail` later in the dev
cycle for this branch, so I forgot to remove the `else` after doing so)
* consistent wrt `prop_name: value` vs. `prop_name : value` in record decl
and initialization
* change an `alt` exp on an `ip_addr` to actually be exhaustive,
instead of using a catch-all clause
- we now have two interfaces for the TCP/IP server/listener workflow,
based on different user approaches surrounding how to deal with the
flow of accept a new tcp connection:
1. the "original" API closely mimics the low-level libuv API, in that we
have an on_connect_cb that the user provides *that is ran on the libuv
thread*. In this callback, the user can accept() a connection, turning it
into a tcp_socket.. of course, before accepting, they have the option
of passing it to a new task, provided they *make the cb block until
the accept is done* .. this is because, in libuv, you have to do the
uv_accept call in the span of that on_connect_cb callback that gets fired
when a new connection comes in. thems the breaks..
I wanted to just get rid of this API, because the general proposition of
users always running code on the libuv thread sounds like an invitation
for many future headaches. the API restriction to have to choose to
immediately accept a connection (and allow the user to block libuv as
needed) isn't too bad for power users who could conceive of circumstances
where they would drop an incoming TCP connection and know what they're
doing, in general.
but as a general API, I thought this was a bit cumbersome, so I ended up
devising..
2. an API that is initiated with a call to `net::tcp::new_listener()` ..
has a similar signature to `net::tcp::listen()`, except that is just
returns an object that sort of behaves like a `comm::port`. Users can
block on the `tcp_conn_port` to receive new connections, either in the
current task or in a new task, depending on which API route they take
(`net::tcp::conn_recv` or `net::tcp::conn_recv_spawn` respectively).. there
is also a `net::tcp::conn_peek` function that will do a peek on the
underlying port to see if there are pending connections.
The main difference, with this API, is that the low-level libuv glue is
going to *accept every connection attempt*, along with the overhead that
that brings. But, this is a much more hassle-free API for 95% of use
cases and will probably be the one that most users will want to reach for.
